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That definitely changed his life as you can see from the story With 250k you can't even buy a decent apartment in a decent area in Paris

PKop 4y ago
Maybe he could have lived outside of Paris where the real estate is cheaper, or gone back to Iran. It sounds like he wasted 18 years of his life.
- ausudhz 4y ago
  Just read the story, he was there in search of his mom. Why would you want to send him back to Iran? Ya he could've gone anyone and live as hermit, but this doesn't make the story less unfair. He has gotten way less compared to what he has generated for the movie industry.
  - PKop 4y ago
    >Why would you want to send him back to Iran? Well I meant that he would willingly want to do so himself instead of living in an airport. But as to why France would want to? Because they don't want this guy living in their airport, and he's Iranian that's his home. He could have a real life there. I think it's fair to be handed a check while other people make the movie, it's a good chunk of money. If he didn't have skills to allow him to earn money to afford a real apartment along with the movie money, yes he should have "been a hermit" in a smaller village or gone back to Iran. It's a ridiculous story to live in an airport for 18 years, he was a hermit there too.
  - josefx 4y ago
    > Just read the story, he was there in search of his mom. You mean in the section following his (short lived) claims that he was actually Swedish?
bigyikes 4y ago
If I tried to sell my story, I wouldn’t even be able to buy a tent with the proceeds. Maybe 250k isn’t such a bad deal for the rights to his story.
- Firmwarrior 4y ago
  To be fair, the story for you, me, and everyone else on this site is just the show "Silicon Valley"
  - tekknik 4y ago
    Hardly. Some of us are things like protected wartime veterans. This is one of the more shallow insights I’ve seen on HN recently, and is quite offensive.
- ausudhz 4y ago
  The fact that your story is worthless doesn't mean that a multimillion dollar story can be bought at 250k Just saying
  - ekianjo 4y ago
    there is no multimillion dollar story before the movie is actually out.
    - ausudhz 4y ago
      There's if they're willing to invest 60 mil for the movie...
      - Tor3 4y ago
        There are lots and lots of movies which invested that and more and lost big time. Some of them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_biggest_box-office_bombs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_biggest_box-office_bom...
nnoitra 4y ago
ekianjo 4y ago
Why do you need to live in Paris?
- ausudhz 4y ago
  Why not?
  - coffeeblack 4y ago
    GP already told you why not.
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josefx 4y ago
Quite sure that most people couldn't afford a decent apartment in Paris.
sofixa 4y ago
> With 250k you can't even buy a decent apartment in a decent area in Paris Paris itself no, but in the metropolitan area (where most people actually live), 250k€ gets you a nice appartament in a nice city well connected to Paris. Especially 20 years ago's 250k€.
ThePadawan 4y ago
In case the first sentence is sarcastic: According to the BBC, he used the 250k to move out of the airport [0]. He moved back to the terminal a few weeks ago before dying there. [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63612017 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63612017
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TheHappyOddish 4y ago
In 2003? I'm willing to bet you could have.
nephanth 4y ago
At 10k a square meter, you get 25m^2. Not huge, but for a single person, I've seen people living in less than half that, and it's still better than an airport

PKop 4y ago

Maybe he could have lived outside of Paris where the real estate is cheaper, or gone back to Iran. It sounds like he wasted 18 years of his life.

ausudhz 4y ago
Just read the story, he was there in search of his mom. Why would you want to send him back to Iran? Ya he could've gone anyone and live as hermit, but this doesn't make the story less unfair. He has gotten way less compared to what he has generated for the movie industry.
- PKop 4y ago
  >Why would you want to send him back to Iran? Well I meant that he would willingly want to do so himself instead of living in an airport. But as to why France would want to? Because they don't want this guy living in their airport, and he's Iranian that's his home. He could have a real life there. I think it's fair to be handed a check while other people make the movie, it's a good chunk of money. If he didn't have skills to allow him to earn money to afford a real apartment along with the movie money, yes he should have "been a hermit" in a smaller village or gone back to Iran. It's a ridiculous story to live in an airport for 18 years, he was a hermit there too.
- josefx 4y ago
  > Just read the story, he was there in search of his mom. You mean in the section following his (short lived) claims that he was actually Swedish?

bigyikes 4y ago

If I tried to sell my story, I wouldn’t even be able to buy a tent with the proceeds. Maybe 250k isn’t such a bad deal for the rights to his story.

Firmwarrior 4y ago
To be fair, the story for you, me, and everyone else on this site is just the show "Silicon Valley"
- tekknik 4y ago
  Hardly. Some of us are things like protected wartime veterans. This is one of the more shallow insights I’ve seen on HN recently, and is quite offensive.
ausudhz 4y ago
The fact that your story is worthless doesn't mean that a multimillion dollar story can be bought at 250k Just saying
- ekianjo 4y ago
  there is no multimillion dollar story before the movie is actually out.
  - ausudhz 4y ago
    There's if they're willing to invest 60 mil for the movie...
    - Tor3 4y ago
      There are lots and lots of movies which invested that and more and lost big time. Some of them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_biggest_box-office_bombs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_biggest_box-office_bom...

nnoitra 4y ago

ekianjo 4y ago

Why do you need to live in Paris?

ausudhz 4y ago
Why not?
- coffeeblack 4y ago
  GP already told you why not.
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josefx 4y ago

Quite sure that most people couldn't afford a decent apartment in Paris.

sofixa 4y ago

> With 250k you can't even buy a decent apartment in a decent area in Paris Paris itself no, but in the metropolitan area (where most people actually live), 250k€ gets you a nice appartament in a nice city well connected to Paris. Especially 20 years ago's 250k€.

ThePadawan 4y ago

In case the first sentence is sarcastic: According to the BBC, he used the 250k to move out of the airport [0]. He moved back to the terminal a few weeks ago before dying there. [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63612017 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63612017

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TheHappyOddish 4y ago

In 2003? I'm willing to bet you could have.

nephanth 4y ago

At 10k a square meter, you get 25m^2. Not huge, but for a single person, I've seen people living in less than half that, and it's still better than an airport